Little Nemo
In the history of cartoon animation, this is Kitty Hawk. The 4,000 hand-drawn, HAND-COLORED illustrations that bring Winsor McCay's characters to life don't actually appear until the final two minutes...
J. Stuart Blackton
Filmography
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Little Nemo
In a live-action prologue and epilogue, Winsor McCay wagers with friends (including cartoonist George McManus and actor John Bunny, a Vitagraph star) that he can make his drawings move. The film stars the cast from McCay's epic comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland." In an attempt to make the...Watch Movie
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Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
A devastating fire swept the Windsor Hotel in New York City on March 17, 1899, causing numerous deaths. Various New York-based motion picture companies filmed the ruins. J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith also shot reproductions of the Windsor Hotel fire using miniatures...Watch Movie
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The Burglar on the Roof
J. Stuart Blackton and Albert Smith emerged as important filmmakers and exhibitors in the spring and summer of 1898. When they were caught duping Thomas Edison's copyrighted war films, they seemed to have no choice but to become licensees and acknowledge Edison's patents. With...Watch Movie
Genres
- Animated / Cel/Hand-Drawn
- Crime / Transgression / Thievery
- Cult / Hyperreality / Pseudo-pseudodocumentary
- Documentary / Art / Visual Arts / Motion Pictures
- Drama / Realism / Docudrama
- Drama / Tragedy
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Short / Documentary
- Short / Narrative
- Silent / Silent Crime
- Silent / Silent Drama
Recent Reviews
Little Nemo
Brilliant. How little we have progressed imaginatively since 1911. As to the black meta-african figure, i don't think that figure is racist; the cartoonist is making fun of cigar smokers...
Little Nemo
The way this animation is presented is quite interesting. The painstakingly hand draw frames gave the impression of third dimensional space. Some beautiful animation, but also some unexpectedly racist themes.
Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
Reviewing because the more I rate the better recommendations Fandor will give me.
The Burglar on the Roof
3 stars